Granted Patent B2

US 12,250,072 · App. 17/998,669 · Granted Mar 11, 2025

Inventors: Hiroki Matsuda (Tokyo, JP); Ren Sugai (Tokyo, JP); Ryota Kimura (Tokyo, JP)

Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

H04L1/0057H04L1/0041

Abstract

Claims (79)

1. An information processing device, comprising:

a first encoding processing unit configured to perform a first error correction encoding process in which a plurality of bit sequences is output; and

a determination unit configured to:

divide the plurality of bit sequences into a first bit sequence group and a second bit sequence group; and

determine that transmission of the first bit sequence group and the second bit sequence group are through different propagation paths, wherein

the second bit sequence group is transmitted based on a quality of a propagation path of the different propagation paths through which the first bit sequence group is transmitted, and

the first bit sequence group is decodable without a first error correction decoding process corresponding to the first error correction encoding process, and the second bit sequence group is for the first error correction decoding process.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the determination unit is further configured to determine that the transmission of the first bit sequence group and the second bit sequence group are from different devices.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the determination unit is further configured to determine that the transmission of the first bit sequence group and the second bit sequence group are through different communication carriers.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the determination unit is further configured to determine that the transmission of the first bit sequence group and the second bit sequence group are based on different radio resources.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the determination unit is further configured to determine the transmission of:

the first bit sequence group to a first communication counterpart and a second communication counterpart, and

the second bit sequence group to the second communication counterpart.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the determination unit is further configured to determine the transmission of the second bit sequence group based on a channel quality of the propagation path through which the first bit sequence group is transmitted.

7. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the determination unit is further configured to determine the transmission of the second bit sequence group based on a distance from a transmission device that transmits the first bit sequence group to a transmission counterpart.

8. The information processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising a second encoding processing unit configured to perform a second error correction encoding process in which one bit sequence is output, wherein

among a plurality of encoded bit sequences obtained by performing the second error correction encoding process on the plurality of bit sequences respectively, the first bit sequence group includes a first encoded bit sequence of the plurality of encoded bit sequences decodable without a second error correction decoding process, and

among the plurality of encoded bit sequences, the second bit sequence group includes a second encoded bit sequence of the plurality of encoded bit sequences for the second error correction decoding process.

9. An information processing device, comprising:

an encoding processing unit configured to perform an error correction encoding process in which a plurality of bit sequences is output; and

a transmission unit configured to:

divide the plurality of bit sequences into a first bit sequence group and a second bit sequence group; and

transmit the first bit sequence group and the second bit sequence group through different propagation paths, wherein

the second bit sequence group is transmitted based on a quality of a propagation path of the different propagation paths through which the first bit sequence group is transmitted, and

the first bit sequence group is decodable without an error correction decoding process corresponding to the error correction encoding process, and the second bit sequence group is for the error correction decoding process.

10. An information processing device, comprising:

a reception unit configured to receive at least one of a first reception signal or a second reception signal transmitted through different propagation paths, wherein the second reception signal is transmitted based on a quality of a propagation path of the different propagation paths through which the first reception signal is transmitted;

a first decoding processing unit configured to demodulate the first reception signal to generate a first reception data sequence;

a second decoding processing unit configured to perform error correction decoding process in which one bit sequence is output from a plurality of bit sequences based on the first reception signal and the second reception signal, to generate a second reception data sequence; and

a determination unit configured to determine which one of a first decoding process by the first decoding processing unit or a second decoding process by the second decoding processing unit is performed.

11. A communication system, comprising:

a transmission device; and

a reception device, wherein

the transmission device includes:

an encoding processing unit configured to perform an error correction encoding process in which a plurality of bit sequences is output from one or more bit sequences; and

a transmission unit configured to:

divide the plurality of bit sequences into a first bit sequence group and a second bit sequence group; and

transmit a first transmission signal including the first bit sequence group and a second transmission signal including the second bit sequence group through different propagation paths, wherein

 the second bit sequence group is transmitted based on a quality of a propagation path of the different propagation paths through which the first bit sequence group is transmitted, and

 the first bit sequence group is decodable without an error correction decoding process corresponding to the error correction encoding process, and the second bit sequence group is for the error correction decoding process, and

the reception device includes:

a reception unit configured to receive at least one of the first transmission signal or the second transmission signal;

a first decoding processing unit configured to demodulate the first transmission signal to generate a first reception data sequence;

a second decoding processing unit configured to perform the error correction decoding process based on the first transmission signal and the second transmission signal to generate a second reception data sequence; and

a determination unit configured to determine which one of a first decoding process by the first decoding processing unit or a second decoding process by the second decoding processing unit is performed.

12. A communication system, comprising:

a first transmission device;

a second transmission device; and

a reception device, wherein

the first transmission device includes:

an encoding processing unit configured to perform an error correction encoding process in which a plurality of bit sequences is output; and

a first transmission unit configured to:

divide the plurality of bit sequences into a first bit sequence group and a second bit sequence group; and

transmit one of a first transmission signal including the first bit sequence group or a second transmission signal including the second bit sequence group,

 wherein the first bit sequence group is decodable without an error correction decoding process corresponding to the error correction encoding process, and the second bit sequence group is for the error correction decoding process,

the second transmission device includes

a second transmission unit configured to transmit other one of the first transmission signal or the second transmission signal, wherein the second transmission signal is transmitted based on quality of a propagation path through which the first transmission signal is transmitted, and

the reception device includes:

a reception unit configured to receive at least one of the first transmission signal or the second transmission signal;

a first decoding processing unit configured to demodulate the first transmission signal to generate a first reception data sequence;

a second decoding processing unit configured to perform the error correction decoding process based on the first transmission signal and the second transmission signal to generate a second reception data sequence; and

a determination unit configured to determine which one of a first decoding process by the first decoding processing unit or a second decoding process by the second decoding processing unit is performed.

13. An information processing method, comprising:

performing error correction encoding processing in which a plurality of bit sequences is output;

dividing the plurality of bit sequences into a first bit sequence group and a second bit sequence group; and

determining that transmission of the first bit sequence group and the second bit sequence group are through different propagation paths, wherein

the second bit sequence group is transmitted based on a quality of a propagation path of the different propagation paths through which the first bit sequence group is transmitted, and

the first bit sequence group is decodable without performing error correction decoding processing corresponding to the error correction encoding processing, and the second bit sequence group is being used for the error correction decoding processing.

14. An information processing method, comprising:

performing error correction encoding processing in which a plurality of bit sequences is output;

dividing the plurality of bit sequences into a first bit sequence group and a second bit sequence group; and

transmitting the first bit sequence group and the second bit sequence group through different propagation paths, wherein

the second bit sequence group is transmitted based on a quality of a propagation path of the different propagation paths through which the first bit sequence group is transmitted, and

the first bit sequence group is decodable without performing error correction decoding processing corresponding to the error correction encoding processing, and the second bit sequence group is for the error correction decoding processing.

15. An information processing method, comprising:

receiving at least one of a first reception signal or a second reception signal transmitted through different propagation paths, wherein the second reception signal is transmitted based on a quality of a propagation path of the different propagation paths through which the first reception signal is transmitted;

determining which one of first decoding processing or second decoding processing is to be performed;

generating, based on the first decoding processing, a first reception data sequence by demodulating the first reception signal; and

generating, based on the second decoding processing, a second reception data sequence by performing error correction decoding processing in which one bit sequence is output from a plurality of bit sequences based on the first reception signal and the second reception signal.

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